The Toronto International Film Festival recently started some buzz with the fact that they're going to organize a retrospective of Raj Kapoor films to coincide with the IIFAs being held in Toronto in June. (They're also going to have props and posters from some of the films on display at th...

"I have always been running away from dance numbers. That's been my problem. But of late I have started to accept the fact that if you have to do it then you might as well enjoy it. My audiences who love me don't mind me dancing with two left feet. And by large if you see, a large population of ...

I am, alas, rather under the weather right now and unable to give this week devoted to the lovely, adorable, spunky, talented Neetu Singh the attention it deserves. But one of the thing that strikes me, personally, is how much I love Neetu and Rishi Kapoor together. Adore them. Total cutenes...

After seeing Dabangg I didn't find it to be a remake of Saamy, although there were a lot of typical tamil movie elements to it, it didn't seem like a remake of any specific Tamil movie. I loved Saamy, and I loved Dabangg, and while neither story was remarkably new or innovative, they drew you in for different reasons. That being said, I LOVE the Vikram pic-spam, so I love this post to bits. :-)

I have been waiting with almost breathless anticipation for the film Dabangg ( 2010, dir. Abhinav Kashyap) --and I think that's pretty much an interesting reflection on how my feelings about its star, Salman Khan, have changed in the last few years. Because there was a time, not too long ago, wh...

Which is how Abhay Deol's Wikipedia entry describes him. Certainly a lot of thinking women and men have been doing some thinking about his role in the upcoming film Aisha, purported to be based on Jane Austen's Emma. (Aisha, 2010) And I've had my little stack of Abhay Deol films sitting h...

Ok, I have only seen the tamil version Raavanan, with Vikram in Abhishek's role, Prithviraj in Vikram's, and true yesteryear southie star Karthik in Govinda's role. I thought that Karthik's role was really good - very solid, lots of impact, fun, loveable, sweet and PERFECT for Govinda. I can't wait to see him in it. And I'm v. interested to see how Abhi tackles the Beera role ... Vikram was astoundingly good in it, as he always is. The chemistry between him and Ash was really incredible. I want to see the Hindi version, not only as a fan of Abhi & Govinda, but also to see Vikram do one scene in particular ... on the train at the end when he questions Aishwariya about her time with Beera. Prithviraj did a really good job in this scene, as did Ash whom I'm not usually a fan of. It was very subdued and effective - you felt your heart sink along with Ash's when he asked his very pointed questions with a poker face. I REALLY want to see Vikram do this scene.
I wasn't troubled by the lack of focus on other characters because this movie was essentially about Raavanan, and by default, Sita/Raagini/Ash. Karthik's role was great, Priyamani was really good as the sister, and I thought that Prabhu was a scene-stealer as Beera's elder brother - the loveable dacoit ... I likened his role to Kumbhakarna in the Ramayana, except he was awake. :-)

I couldn't let Govinda Week go by without taking a brief look at his role in Mani Ratnam's film Raavan, which opened today, and which I saw this afternoon. Brief look, because this is NOT a review of Raavan. Hours after seeing it, I'm still thinking about the film, and I think I'll wait until I...

Haha! Not only did wear the neckerchief before Abhishek, he also was the first to wear the Skirtkerchief if you watch the last verse of Johnny D'Mello from Taaqatwar. Though I highly doubt anyone ever followed him on this trend.

Scarf? (Dostana, 2008) Yes, Abhishek -- I know you wore lots of them in Dostana, but you guessed it. Govinda did it first: (Tan Badan, 1986) AND while wearing The Silver Pants of Awesome. (And I promise you, one day when I own this film myself, there will be The Most Awesome Screencaps on t...